RT Journal
A1 Denollet J, Pedersen SS
T1 PRognostic value of type d personality compared with depressive symptoms
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2008
FD February 25
VO 168
IS 4
SP 431
OP 432
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.120
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2007.120
AB
The association between depression and coronary artery disease (CAD) is complex, and a more detailed subtyping of high-risk patients is needed.1- 3 Type D personality (the tendency to experience negative emotions and to be socially inhibited) is also related to poor prognosis.4 There has been vigorous debate about whether Type D personality adds to the evidence concerning depression.3 It is important to show that the predictive validity of Type D personality extends beyond that which can be predicted by depression, but to our knowledge, no study to date has compared the cognitive-affective symptoms of depression, as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), with the Type D personality construct.